Index of English words, starting with "pe"

(1) - Penalty (n.) A handicap.
(2) - Penalty (n.) The suffering, or the sum to be forfeited, to which a person subjects himself by covenant or agreement, in case of nonfulfillment of stipulations; forfeiture; fine.
(3) - Penalty (n.) Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime, offense, or trespass.

(1) - Penance (v. t.) To impose penance; to punish.
(2) - Penance (n.) A means of repairing a sin committed, and obtaining pardon for it, consisting partly in the performance of expiatory rites, partly in voluntary submission to a punishment corresponding to the transgression. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church.
(3) - Penance (n.) Pain; sorrow; suffering.
(4) - Penance (n.) Repentance.

(1) - Pence (pl. ) of Penny
(2) - Pence (n.) pl. of Penny. See Penny.

(1) - Penchant (n.) Inclination; decided taste; bias; as, a penchant for art.